Chafing-dish.



S. STERNAU & L. STRASSBURGER'.

GHAFING DISH.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 25, 1905.-

' Patented Sept.7,1909.

4AA Attorneys.

Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT ornicn SIGMUND STERNAU AND LIONELsraassnuncnn, on NE YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoRs-To s. s'rnnnnu & COMPANY, onNEW YORK, N. Y.

'GHA'FENG-DISH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latentedfiept. 7, 1909'.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SIGMUND STERNAU and LIONEL STRASSBURGER, bothcitizens of the United States, and both residing in the borough ofManhattan, city of New York,

Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement illChafing- Dishes, of which the following is a specification.

The object we have in View is the production of achafing dish whereinthe food dish may be made of enamel, but which will be so arranged thatwhen it is, resting within the hot water pan, the enamel will not bevisible, but the upper edge thereof will be covered by an annularstructure which will'be formed of metal and having the same finish asthe hot water pan and 'cover.

A further object is to produce a device of this character, which may bereadily cleaned and will have no cracks or crevices which areinaccessible.

We attain these objects by the device illus trated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which, I

Figure 1 is a side view of a food pan, hot water dish and covey,embodying one form of our invention. 'Fi 2 is a section taken on thelines 2-2 of 1* ig. 1. Fig. 3 is atop view of a portion of the food pan.Fig. 4 is a section taken on the lines 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the annular protecting cover for thefood pan; and Fig.

6 is a section taken on the lines 66 of Fig.

4, of the food-dish, separated fromthe other parts of the device.

In all the views like parts are designated 2 by the same referencecharacters.

In carrying out our invention we provide a hot water dish 1 formed ofsheet metal,

and .having a finish to harmonize with the 1 rest of the outfit. Thishot water dish is 5 provided with an annular enlarged portion 2, and.outwardl extendinghorizontal flange 3, with abead '4, at its outerextremity.

This water-dishniay be provided with the 'usual lifting handle-.5. Theenlarged an nular portion 2 is connected. to the body of i the "dish by:a horizontal flange 6 which 1 serves as a meanstfor supporting the dish5 -within thering of the chafing dish stand.

In connection with the .water dish 1, is 1 cm loyed a. food pan?preferably coated on both sid s with enamel 8. This food pan is E "ofless diapth than the hot water dish. Near its top it is formcdwith anoutwardly ,eX-.

tending horizontal flange 9f which connects at its outer portion with avert cal. annular portion 10. Adjacent to thevertical annular 7 portion10 the pan is formed with a horn 6O zontally extending outwardly proecting flange '11. ,Beyond this isan upwardly extending annular portion12 prov1de lqv1th an overhanging bead'13. The vertical am nular portion10 is of the proper size to fit snugly within the annular enlargedportion 2 of the hot water dish and allowzthe flange 11 to rest upon theflange 3 so as'tb firmly support the food pan within the hot water dish.The food pan is provided witha han-. f dle 14 which is attached to ametal projec-v tion 15. This projection is riveted as shown in Fig. 4 tothe food pan beforethe latter enameled, and it, together with the rivetsare coveredwith the enamel. 'Adjacentjto i the projection 15 the flange11 is insetgat 1-6,

a sufiicient distance so that the projection 15 will not extend belowthe plane of the flange. The projection 15 extends outward a sufficientdistance so thatthe rojection the food pan is resting within the 'otwater dish, and is bent with a downward curve at, 17. By insetting theprojection within the flange, no undesirable extension ismade below theplane of such flange and the food 85. pan will be supportedu on theentire surface of the flange 11. Tieproject-ion is in the form of atube, which is flattened when in engagement with the food pan. Below theflange 11 one of the walls may be re; 90,

moved as shown, so that a single wall .15 will engage with the flangest) and 10 and the side of the pan but the removal of this wall is notnecessary, and the device'may be made with the both walls extending the.

same distance. The rivets pass through the doubled portion and theflange 11, and 'additional rivets may pass through the-single wall 15"andthe side of the pan. .By this construction any undesirable. extensionto 1 the sides of the pan will rest snuglyand firmly within the pan isprevented," and the hot water dish. The tubular portion of theprojection being enameled, aslis necessa owing to the'process ofmanufacturm ishit den by a sheath or cover 15*, which "is in the form ofa short "length or tube of metal;

having the same. finish, and appearance as the hot water. pan. Thissheath is secured in place by'pinching the inner end together 11 IFor-the purpose I s to cause it to conform to the shape of theprojection 15. a

of concealing and protecting the upper edge of the food pan, an

annular cover-18 is provided. ll his cover is made of material similarin finish and appearance. to the hot water dish and chafing ish Figs. 2and latedfbut' 'suflici'ently'thin to be elastic, But this elasticfeature is not absolutely necessary. The outer portion of the ring isformed tending portion 20. Inside of this is a henzontally extendingvportion 21 slightly curved as-shown" and adapted to rest upon the outerflange 13 of'the food pan. Inside is a downwardl extendingannularportion 22 slightlysnia er than the annular portion 12 of the food panand below thisis an in-. wardly extending. annular horizontal por v tion23, which. is adapted to rest upon'the flange 11 of the food pan." Theinner edge of .this projecting. portion is curved at 24, which. engageswith The inner surface of the annular cover 18 is therefore .practicallythe sa'me'si-ze and c'onfigurationas the. up per surface of the in thevertical portion '19.

side portion of the cod pan,'whereby the annular cover will bes wurelyheld in position; By making theannular cover18 of elastic metal and,making a very close fitgvit can be sprun -w i thin the upturned flange12 of the f cidentally be displaced, yet will permit the readyseparation of the two when desired.

\Vhen the annular cover is made of an inelastic metal, it isdesigned tofit close] and snugly in place, so that it can be readi y removed., Thedepending portion 20 is suflifciently deep to-entirely concealtheproject- 'ing upper ed e of the food pan when in lace within t e hotwater dish, as shownin 1g. 2. 'The bead 19 extends down to the samelevel as the head 4 of the hot water pan, but is sufliciently outsidethereof to permit the assage of the curved portion 17 of the hand erojection 15.

A chafing ish cover 25 having an out- 'wardly' extending horizontal.annular portion 26. and a curved portion 27 rests upon 1, the annularcover 18 and does not come into direct contact with t-he'food pan.

. Bygconstructing the annular cover 18 entirely-.-separate from theenamel portion of tl1e- -food pan, it can be readily removed and theupper edge of the latter'cleaned. "In previous constructions in which aprotecting and or edgegis permanentlyattached to the enamel portion ofthe food pan, a crevice is formed on the inside and outside between witha bead 19, and a vertically en pan and will not thereby ac- In theprevious constructions with perma nentl attached annular bands, the obcts of clean 'ness and wholesomeness sought to be attained .complisheowing to the impossibility of cleaning the separating .space between theenamel andband. Such devices therefore are no better than unenameledfood pans and are really .not so good, as they are open to the"objection of having-parts which are so unaccessible that they cannot. becleaned.

Having now described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is: v

, 1 In a chafing dish, the combination with 'a hot water dish, of anenameled food pan having an attached handlethereon and extendin outsideof the hot water dish, and a separa aging with the. edg 'orming a close"'omt therewith with the handle'projecting elow the cover. 2. In achafing dish, the combination with a hot water, dish, of. an enameledfood p'an having any attachedhandle' thereon extendouter edge of thefood pan the handle pro jecting belowfithe cover. g v

3. In a chafing dish, the combinationwith ahot water dis of anenameledfoodp'an having, the horizontally rojecting flange 11, and theupward extend ing'f and .an annular cover which rests upon the b5 theuse of the enamel are not ac-- le annular cover, the said cover ene ofthe food pan and rtioh .1 2,,thje said flange resting uponthe ot waterdish,

the parts, which prevents thorough cleaning} ing' outside the hotwaterdish and a scparaflange l1 and engages withthe projecting portion 12.

4. In a chafing a hot water d1sh,havin an outward extendu two flanges. II

5. In a chafing dish, a food pan, having a tubular handle attachmentsecured thereto, the pan andattachment being enameled, and

portion of the attachment. Y This specification. signed and witnessedthis 23 day of February 1905. a

' SIGMUND STERNAUr LIONEL STRASSBURGER. Witnesses: v

MAY I. HIoKEY, Rom. E. TAYLOR.-

dish, the combination with ing flanfie; an enamels food pan having an asheath of unena-meledmetal surrounding a

